uncooperativeun‧co‧op‧er‧a‧tive /ˌʌnkəʊˈɒpərətɪv◂ $ -koʊˈɑːp-/ adjective 
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Thesaurus- Hubbel has been a very uncooperative witness.
- Many of the older patients are uncooperative and difficult for the nurses to handle.
- Police say the boyfriend of the missing woman has been uncooperative.
- For four days, authorities struggled with uncooperative weather conditions that kept divers idle and with equipment problems.
- His body was uncooperative enough without further restricting it.
- Medical help is likely to be sought only when hypoglycaemia is severe and the patient is unconscious, agitated, or uncooperative.
- More potent still was the dismay which gripped Washington whenever it contemplated the implications of a permanently weakened or uncooperative Britain.
- Professionals respond to reluctant, uncooperative or culturally different patients by unconsciously spending less time with them.
- The President greeted me cordially, but formally-the way he did heads of uncooperative states.
- When at last he succeeded the man was sullen and uncooperative, repeatedly demanding why we had come to Bahdu.
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing someone or something that is not helpful► not helpful/unhelpful
Word family · He bought a book on relaxation techniques but it wasn't very helpful.· The authorities weren't helpful at all when Rob reported his passport stolen.· I found the sales assistants most unhelpful.
► be no help/not be any help/not be much help if something or someone is no help they do not help you do something or get something: · Clarissa was no help - she just sat around and watched TV.· The phrase book wasn't much help in carrying on a conversation.
► uncooperative not wanting to help someone who wants you to help them, especially by deliberately opposing them or stopping them doing something easily: · Many of the older patients are uncooperative and difficult for the nurses to handle.· Hubbel has been a very uncooperative witness.
► useless especially spoken not giving any help - use this when you are annoyed with someone or something because they should help you but they do not: · I tried calling the tax office but they were completely useless.completely/absolutely useless: · There's no point reading the instructions - they're completely useless.
► not lift a finger if someone does not lift a finger , they do not help when help is wanted or needed, especially because they are lazy: · She stayed with us for two weeks and never lifted a finger the whole time.· Police knew there would be a fight, but they didn't lift a finger to try and stop it.
WORD FAMILYnouncooperationcooperativeadjectivecooperative ≠ uncooperativeverbcooperateadverbcooperatively ≠ uncooperatively
not willing to work with or help someone